Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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COACHES Sitting Mr Wonsowntz track and cross country Mr Papars football and swimming Standing Mr Gellenbeck baseball football freshman basketball Mr Kung varsity basketball golf Mr Kucer football BTeam basketball Mr Scott football Intramurals COACHING STAFF John Whitey Wonsowrtz was the guiding light of our track and cross country teams Although he added a few gray hairs in the process Julius Pape Papais brought his swimming team through to a State Championshrp He also served as B Team football coach Lee Gellenbeck was the only three letter coach He served as head football coach for the first time this fall freshman basketball coach and varsity baseball coach Under the able guidance of Bob King our Wrldcats were Regional Championship Mr King was also the golf coach Although both were new at Hammond High Steve Kucer and Jim Scott handled varied coaching duties Both served as assistant football coaches and intramural instructors Mr Kucer was also B team basketball coach whrle Mr Scott was assistant track coach The Best Land Plans By Terry Ingram That famous saying by Robert Burns camt to me in its full meamng at the semi final tourney when Elkhart proved to be the better team Our hopes high durmg the trip down to Lafayette soared to new nelghts when Hammond High beat the Berries in the afternoon game In high spirits the students congregated at the Purdue Union Bu1ld1ng to while away the time until the evening session Utilitarian in design and Page One Hundred Twenty two purpose the Union Bu1ld1ng itself deserves mention Built in the shape of a horseshoe it is very long low and massive The main floor along the legs of the horseshoe IS occupied by offices and rooms all with doors opening onto the long hall running the length of the buildmg The front con tams a huge lobby filled with leather couches chairs lamps, and tables vuth reading material scattered about As you would expect the atmosphere is quiet and solemn Upstairs are rooms for guests In the basement are two cafeterias a lunch and soda fountain combined a bowling alley a game room and about fifteen pool and billiard tables each activity having 1ts own room Had it not been for this building and 1ts fme facilities relax Filing mto the field house all of us had lugh hopes But after the f1rst quarter many of us could see that Elkhart was of a higher caliber than we in our present condition Gibbys drive near the end of the game just was not enough to over balance our deficiencies Through no fault of his own Rado vich could not cope with Elkharts reboundmg power When Granack and Kolb were myured earlier our stock went down quite a bit Elkhart won the game by superror rebounding power and shooting accuracy When we had therr lead cut to four points every one of the Hammond fans was believmg mth all his heart and mxnd that we could w1n But the Blazers, one of the most poised and united teams we have seen con tinued to pile up points and to grab every rebound while the clock ticked off the remaining minutes everyone could see that it just wasn t our day The Elkhart fans seemed unusually quiet as their team gathered points and they seemed to sense the fall of a great team Our chances for next year? Talk to Mr King He says they are good and after all there is a frrst time for everything . . : . . I P I .I ' 1 - 1 1 I I - 3 . . . . . I u - ag . . . . ' ' ' ' 3 3 3 ' ' ll ,J ' Q! Y! ' Q - 4 , . ' I . I . . . - - . 9 3 9 ' - l , V. . . h - 9 V ' . . . , , , . . . ' 9 9 1 Y I - . . . . . . I a ' , able to notch their fifteenth Sectional Title and their ninth the students would have had no place to gather, eat, and U . . , . . . . , . U n . , . . , - l . . . ' . , - . . , . ., 'C . n . s u s e 7 V . ' I , - I 3 u . . . . , . .- . I . , , ' ' . s S . . . . , 1 , . Q , . . . . .

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CAFETERIA STAFF Siffing: Judy Papa, Lois Rau, James Schmidf, Virginia Dwoznik, Marlene Jakubiec. Standing: Nancy Kiger, Annie Burns, Pete Bomberger, Jeri McCoy. I Like My you By Annie Burns As I pushed myself into the cafeteria, I was frightened to death. I imagined right then what my first day of work. would be like. One look at the cash register and I started to retreat for the door, but something inside made me turn around and at least look at the machine. Before I could get used to the cash register, a crowd rushed through the doors like a herd of Texas Long-horns. They seemed to be coming straight at me, and I didn't know what to do. Drawing my- self together, I tried to add. What a catastrophe! Being a poor adding machine and ignorance of the prices don't make a very fine team, but I plunged headlong into my task. It seemed as though that line reached from here to eternityng I kept stretching my neck, like a giraffe, but the line was still coming. Finally I saw the end, I thought. just as I breathed a sigh of relief, I saw a group of grade school kids trotting in. After I had discussed prices, credit, and money, my day ended. The first day was really a day and I don't think that I would ever have finished if I hadn't had such a swell person as Jeri McCoy to work with. Now I love my work extremely well. I look forward to hearing people say: How much did you charge me for this side order? Twenty cents? That's too much money. What do you think I am? A millionaire? Jeri and I agree that we even get enjoyment out of the few people who complain about the prices. If the discussion gets too heated, however, we simply reply: We don't make the pricesly' and refer them to Miss Maclntyre, director of the cafe- teria. This comment usually cools them down. A teacherls forgetting to pay me, and my having to rc- mind him, makes me feel like a member of the F. B. I. One thing that really peeves me is a person's wanting to make an uneven exchange. This is done mostly by students. There is one boy who'll come by with pie Q12 centsjg about fifteen minutes later he'll want to exchange it for a Twinkie C10 centsj. Now, however, I ask him if he is positive of what he wants before I ring up his amount--sometimes it works. Sometimes during the day I get upset or even peeved, but at night, as I think back over the day, I smile and think what a wonderful day, and wonder what the next day will bring to the cafeteria. MISS MacINTYRE Miss Kathrine Maclntyre has attended the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, Columbia University, and Colorado University. Today Miss Maclntyre is known to all Hammond High students and faculty members as the super- visor of their favorite hour of the day-lunch hour. Miss Mac- Intyre enjoys her hobbies, sewing and traveling. Mr. George Vaughn has been working at Hammond High since 1932. He came to Hammond High from Tech. Mr. Vaughn has been head custodian since the first day he has been here. He was born and reared in Chicago. His outside interests are gardening and traveling. Each summer he goes on a trip of 4000 miles or more, he has been in 46 of the 48 states. In Memoriam Mas. NLLIJE Pavicii - NIAY 9, 1954 Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. Page One Hundred Twenly-one MR. VAUGHN MAINTENANCE STAFF Firsv Row: Mrs. Povich', Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Harms, Mrs, Herrell. Second Row: Mr. Vaughn, Mr. Meyrer, Mr, Collins, Mr. Koehler.

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VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM Flrsf Row Tom Rosowlcz Harry Hausenfleck Larry Kocal Ray Noldln Tum Etter Louis LaPosa Dale Erickson Second Row Dave Schafer Don Gulllckson Duck Hemingway George Pappas Gary Farn Ken Reed Bull Johnson Don Diehl Third Row .lerry Foote Roger Mclaughlln Frank Carroll Don Llnos Ron Johnson Glb Blackmun Paul Hendricks Dave Neely Jack Tangerman VARSITY FOOTBALL The 1953 Wildcats were a pleasant surprise to all HHS fans The team, which had the lightest forward wall in the Calumet Region, made their opponents work for every inch that they gained The Wildcats improved VlS1blY after the first game with E C Roosevelt In all of the rest of the tance of their opponents Coach Lee Gellenbeck, capably assisted by Mr Kucer, line coach, Mr Papais, backficld coach and Mr Scott, freshman coach, molded a team that was strong in the clutch The team was run from quarterback by Tim Etter and Gib Blackmun Seniors in the backfield included Dick Hem ingway, Garv Farn and Virgil Thomas Senior ends were Larry Kocal md Tom Rosowicz The tackles from the senior class were Jerry Foote, Harry Hausenfleck and Don Linos B TEAM FOOTBALL The HHS football B team did not win a game, how exer, as Coach Papus said, Then got much xaluable exper FRESH MAN FOOTBALL The freshman season was a great success as the Kittens piled up a six and two record Many fine, prospects from this squad should bolster the varsity in the near future High lights of the season were a 40 6 rout of Irving and a 12 6 vlc tors over Morton ience Tht chntf goal of the team is to dutlop xarsity FOO1BALLCoACHE5 m3fU'l-ll If 'lkhlklkd thi? Qoal Mr Gellenbeck Mr Scott Mr Papaus Mr Kucer Page One Hundred Twenfythree l l , 5 r . I . . I I I 1 ' I ' ' ' : . ' , I ' 1 , ' , ' I I - games the Wildcats were either ahead or within striking dis- Y 1 I , l I - ' Y' ' - ' v , I . Qc r - v ' H 1 f ' 1 A s 1 . ' , V , . ' T Y